the mathematical theory of games to the Hebrew Bible. Brams's thesis is that God and the human biblical characters acted … precisely the manner in which they sought to achieve their goals. He relies almost exclusively on noncooperative theory, making … biblical studies, the philosophy of religion, political theory, and game theory and methodology. In the new chapter, Brams …

This advanced text introduces the principles of noncooperative game theory - including strategic form games, Nash … given point. The analytic material is accompanied by many applications, examples, and exercises. The theory of …. Although game theory has been applied to many fields, Fudenberg and Tirole focus on the kinds of game theory that have been …

Game theory models are ubiquitous in economics, common in political science, and increasingly used in psychology and … sociology; in evolutionary biology, they offer compelling explanations for competition in nature. But game theory has been only … worlds of literature, history, and philosophy. And yet, as Steven Brams shows, game theory can illuminate the rational …